Marketing Skills Development ManagerBritish American Tobacco (BATN)

The job scope will range from meeting the learning needs of individuals to developing and implementing a Learning & Development strategy to support business success.

WHAT YOU WILL BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR

•  Manage the smooth implementation of all Learning and Development Initiatives for the business
•  Regularly assess quality of talent pool through available competency assessment tools, Talent Review meetings, line Manager engagement
• Drive induction of new hires and continuous development of all Marketing employees
• Regularly diagnose individual and team gaps across functions, agency of record, and distribution partners to ensure fit for purpose learning and development solutions are deployed.
• Drive timely evaluation on the effectiveness & efficiency of all development programmes.
• Ensure collective capability levels remain high in the organisation– i.e. new joiners get up-skilled early enough to facilitate on- time-in-full integration, support high performance as well as demonstrate our commitment to talent development
•  Ensure learning & development budget and resources are used in the most effective and efficient manner.
• Assessing the capability of the marketing function vs strategic business agenda, and building a plan to bridge gap
• Improving the level of coaching competence amongst Line managers

ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE, SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field
• 5-6 years’ experience within the HR/Learning & Development function
• Strong negotiation, written and verbal skills
• Management experience is required for this role
• Exposure in FMCG industry would represent an added advantage
• Ability to apply strong strategic, analytical skills and good judgment
• Data analysis and budget planning prior exposure
• Training conducting experience